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HR 3189 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Lawyers and legal services Public-private cooperation Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' medical care Women's employment

Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act

Introduced: June 10, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Jun 10, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 10, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a partnership with at least one nongovernmental organization to provide legal services to women veterans. The partnership must focus on the 10 highest unmet needs of women veterans as identified by the Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups (CHALENG) survey.

What's happening now June 25, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Related & companion bills 2
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  • S 514 Related bill Deborah Sampson Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 24
D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Oct 8, 2019
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jul 9, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Jul 9, 2019
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jun 24, 2019
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jun 24, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 20, 2019
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 12, 2019
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Jun 12, 2019
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Fletcher, Lizzie
Texas · Jun 10, 2019
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Jun 10, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jun 10, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3189: Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3189/
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"H.R. 3189: Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3189/.
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H.R. 3189, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3189/.
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